I have my spaces set to all "Available Offline".In the past, this has meant that all files were stored locally, and I have access to allfiles when flying/travelling/out of wifi. And of course syncing happens when I reconnect.

Recently I needed to access a file when offline (working in a cafe).The file showed with a green tick.So I tapped it, and the green tick turned to an orange tick and I got the spinning cursor.So it seems like the file was not local (even though it initially indicated it was).

I tapped another file and 4 more suddenly switched to an orange tick.In fact, tapping any file in this folder (and several other folders nearby) cause thegreen tick icon to switch to orange. I tried images and documents, small and large files.

The settings icon down the bottom then showed "9" (I'm guessing that meant 9 files waiting to download).

Has something changed? Does the offline attribute of a space have a different meaning now?Thx.Paul.

I have 4 spaces - all set to available offline. All were exhibiting the same symptoms (described above).I deleted the three smallest from my iOS device, then resent the invite from my mac ("invite all devices").On the iPad, I selected "Accept and make available offline".

So far (at least for the three spaces tested), files seem to be correctly downloaded and available whenairplane mode is on. I'm about to try this on the biggest space <crosses fingers> - about 2.5GB.

So perhaps the solution is simply to delete and re-add the spaces on your mobile devices.

BTW: I did a quick survey of a few competing secure file stores: waula, spider oak (their new hive product)and boxcryptor. None of them offer this feature of having a set of your files available offline.At best, you can select individual files to be available offline - which is of little use when you have to select from hundreds of files. Its often requested on their forums, and none have achieved it yet.

Ok. The largest space has now completed syncing, and it *seems* that files are available when in airplane mode (I've tested about a dozen).

So deleting and re-adding the space seems to work.

BTW: the activity tab seems like complete fiction. After adding 7000 items,the activity page is showing 76 items since 7 days ago. Looking insidethe spaces shown on the activity page, I see a very small subset of actual changes. Weird.